This is the astonishing moment a whale shark pup gulped down water from the sea's surface for its lunch. Footage shows the juvenile marine mammal with its mouth wide open as it fed on plankton off the ...

The basking shark, the second-largest fish in the ocean behind the whale shark, feeds on plankton and small fish. Its rounded fins and filter-feeding mouth distinguish it from the pointy menace of ...

Ahmedabad: A 28-foot whale shark tagged with a tracker in December completed a 4,000-kilometre journey across the Arabian Sea over 100 days and circled back to the starting point off the Gujarat ...

Experts with the federal Fisheries Department and Parks Canada are searching the St. Lawrence River estuary for a North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing gear. The Fisheries and Oceans ...

Authorities have not confirmed if a shark caused the injury but continue to investigate. Medical teams are still working to determine the full extent of the swimmer’s injuries. Officials urge ...

Interestingly, some shark species, such as whale sharks, are filter feeders. This means they suck in water containing small organisms like plankton, which get trapped in their gill rakers and are then ...

The largest fish is the whale shark. According to the Atlantic Shark Institute, more sharks have been appearing off the coast of Rhode Island due to rising water temperatures. “Hopefully this ...

Manuel Narvadez Jr., WWF Philippines-Donsol Integrated Conservation Program manager, said the 2025 interaction season alone had already logged 55 whale shark sightings, including 24 new ...

We took on one of our most intense underwater experiences yet – freediving with tiger sharks as they fed on a whale carcass. In this video, we share what it was like to be that close to some of ...

Back in 1975, the premise of the movie notwithstanding, great white sharks were rarely seen off the Cape Cod coast. In decades prior, their numbers declined precipitously due to overfishing, ...

Here’s how to ensure that your trip does more good than harm. A gray whale “spyhops,” a vertical position that allows the whale to check out its surroundings, as a boat lingers in the ...